It was a busy two days for State Senator Tom Bakk, Representative Rob Ecklund and Steve Peterson, the development director for the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB). The trio met with representatives from the county, city, local business owners, education and hospital officials on Tuesday and Wednesday this past week. Tours were taken of the county’s new arrival/departure […]
Commissioners hear from representatives
Arvis Thompson, District 1, was the lone speaker during public comments at the county board’s October 24 meeting. “You almost won. I almost didn’t come in,” said Thompson, who has been a vocal critic of some of the commissioners’ decisions as of late. “I made up my mind a few weeks ago to come in,” Thompson said, noting she persevered […]
City gets update on Public Works building
With the Public Works building nearing completion, Grand Marais City Council received an update from John Haggenmiller at its Wednesday, October 25 meeting. Haggenmiller is the site superintendent for McGough Construction, the firm contracted by the city to be in charge of the $4,692,345 project. With the building up, Haggenmiller said there was a minor amount of work to do […]
Community and high school math
A timely usage for high school mathematics—the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence recently distributed a survey seeking citizen opinions about taxation and affordability in our county. The authors of the survey hoped for a high numerical confidence to their survey because of their large mailing. During my actuarial career I have never seen a 99 percent confidence assigned to a […]
Klobuchar teams up with Thune to modify heating bill
Several years ago, 2013, I believe, the price of propane skyrocketed. It happened because of a confluence of improbable events occurring at once. We had our coldest winter in 130 years. In 2013, more than 20 percent of the U.S. propane was sent abroad, up from five percent exported in 2008. Then too, there was a late fall that increased […]
“Trick or Treat”
One of the scariest days of the year is just around the corner and I’m not talking about All Hallows Eve when, according to Celtic tradition – which the bulk of Halloween traditions ultimately come from – people dressed up as a defense mechanism to ward off supernatural beings, or the souls of the dead, who supposedly roamed the earth […]
Correction
In a picture appearing on page A3 last week it is Kim Jahnke helping a Birch Grove Elementary student spray water and not Louise Trachta. The Cook County News-Herald regrets the error.
Moose Madness helps foster another busy MEA weekend
On Sunday, October 22 it’s safe to say that hundreds of kids left Grand Marais with happy memories and a moose stuffed animal. 2017 was another excellent year for the Moose Madness Family Festival. The event is sponsored by the Grand Marais Area Tourism Association as part of Visit Cook County, with prizes donated by many of the local businesses […]